"I'll probably be a little nastier than you guys were. One of the things about knowing what the books look like is you know what question to ask."

It was a blast from Tasmania's political past in Lyons were Labor's David Lewellyn and former Liberal Senator Guy Barnett were elected.

Mr Llewellyn told the gathering he would not have let his party go into government with the Greens.

"Electors sent a very strong message to the Labor Party, and that message was that they didn't approve of the power-sharing arrangements with the Greens party and I believe that the Labor Party has heard that message loud and clear," he said.

Llewellyn coy on leadership contest

Labor's new caucus is expected to meet early next week to deal with the ALP leadership.

The outgoing-Premier Lara Giddings says she will only contest if the caucus wants her to.

Her deputy Bryan Green is expected to put up his hand to become Opposition Leader.

Mr Llewellyn did not rule out having a tilt.

"I don't want to talk about leadership at this stage, it would actually be rude of me to do that given the fact that the PLP hasn't met at this stage," he said.

"I think the PLP needs to meet and analyse the current situation. I'm not ruling it out, I'm not ruling it in."

Bryan Green refused an interview after formally being declared an MP at a ceremony in Burnie.

Greens seek meeting over resources

Nick McKim is playing down talk of a rift in the Greens over whether the ailing party still needs a leader.

"Look I think we do need a leader and that's the position I'll be taking to the party room," he said.

Mr McKim is seeking a meeting with the Premier-elect to find out how much funding and parliamentary speaking time his party will receive under the new regime.

The Greens have lost two of their five seats, and Mr Hodgman's already on the record as saying it means the party will lose its parliamentary party status and funding allocated for a leader.

Mr McKim says he wants to tell Mr Hodgman it is important that opposition parties are funded adequately.

"What we believe is fair is a pro-rata arrangement, so three fifths of what we previously received in terms of resourcing and the same, as in pro-rata, in parliamentary rights."